Arginusae

Arginūsae or Arginussae, ārum, f., = Ἀργινοῦσαι or Ἀργινοῦσσαι,

• three small islands in the Aegean Sea, near Lesbos: classem ab Arginusis removere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 B. and K.: Arginussae ab Aege IIII. M. passuum distant, Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 140 Jan.—And in sing.: circa Arginussam, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 225.

Arginūsae (Arginussae), ārum, f. (Ἀργινοῦσαι), drei kleine Inseln an der Küste von Äolis, der Stadt Mitylene auf Lesbos gegenüber, berühmt durch die Niederlage der Spartaner zur See unter Kallikratidas (i. I. 406 v. Chr.) u. die darauf folgende Verurteilung der siegreichen athenischen Feldherren, j. Janot-Inseln, Cic. de off. 1, 84. Val. Max. 3, 8. ext. 3. Plin. 5, 140.

Argĭnūsæ, (16) ārum, f. , Arginuses, îles de la Mer Égée, célèbres par la victoire navale de Conon sur les Spartiates : Cic. Off. 1, 84 || sing. Argĭnūsa, île près de Chio : Plin. 5, 137 || région de Phrygie : Plin. 8, 225.

ARGINUSAE

ARGINU´SAE (αἱ Ἀργινοῦσαι), three small islands near the mainland of Aeolis, and near Canae on the mainland. (Strab. p. 617.) They lay between Canae and Mytilene in Lesbos, and 120 stadia from Mytilene. Thucydides (Thuc. 8.101) speaks of Arginusae of the mainland, as if there were a place on the mainland so called. Off these islands the ten generals of the Athenians gained a naval victory over the Spartans, B.C. 406. (Xen. Hell. 1.6)

Stephanus (s. v. Ἀργέννουσα) describes Argennusa as an island on the coast of Troas, near a promontory Argennon. This description,given on the authority of Androtion, does not suit the Arginusae; but Stephanus does not mention them elsewhere. Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.31)places the Arginusae iv. M. P. from Aege. The modern name of the islands is said to be Janot.

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Arginūsae

(Ἀργινοῦσαι). Three small islands off the coast of Aeolis, opposite Mytilené in Lesbos, celebrated for the naval victory of the Athenians over the Lacedaemonians under Callicratidas, B.C. 406. See Peloponnesian War.